Asus' new quad-core tablet appears to have a locked bootloader, much to the ire of developers.
Members of the XDA forums have posted that the Prime has a 128-bit encrypted bootloader, making it a lot tougher for interested devs to create and run custom ROMs on the tablet.
Motorola has had locked bootloaders for some time now, and HTC recently switched their stance and released software ... [ read the full article ]
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order my on amazon expecting delivery on February... Im a sucker for new tech, sold my tab 10.1 for mere 300 dollars to get this, little disappointed for the extra waiting, no tablet is a tough time, so use to it.
Originally posted by Morreale: Just a question, is an 8 megapixel camera really necessary on the back of a tablet?
I mean, sure why not, but do people actually use tablets for taking pictures?
Its just another benefit over other tablets. I'd much rather have an HD front facing camera, but oh well or a crummy camera and pass on the savings to the consumer. Chances are if you have this tablet, you probably have a smartphone with as good of a camera and ease of use with the form factor.
I have one question........."why lock the bootloader" WHY WHY WHY WHY Asus? Anybody give me one reason that I can have in my head please.
From a tech/business perspective, I just don't know why they'd do this. Perhaps they think they're forcing people into buying something else? Maybe they don't want to support the fallout from modding?? That can't be as the Amazon reviews state that Asus support just sucks!
